G/TBT/N/UGA/1582  
5 May 2022  
(22-3518) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email  and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Pantyhose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery, incl. graduated compression 
hosiery [e.g., stockin gs for varicose veins] and footwear without applied soles, knitted or 
crocheted (excl. for babies) (HS code(s): 6115); Clothes (ICS code(s): 61.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 1970 -
9:2022, Textiles — Garments — Part 9: Athletic, First Edition; (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for athletic socks also known as sports socks.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 14362 -1, Textiles — Methods for determination of certain aromatic amines 
derived from azo colorants — Part 1: Detection of the use of certain azo colorants 
accessible with and without extracting the fibres  
2. ISO 14362 -3, Textiles — Methods for determination of certain aromatic amines 
derived from azo colorants — Part 3: Detection of the use of certain azo colorants, 
which may release 4 -aminoazobenzene  
3. ISO 16373 -1, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 1: General principles of testing coloured 
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  4. ISO 16373 -2, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 2: General m ethod for the 
determination of extractable dyestuffs including allergenic and carcinogenic 
dyestuffs (method using pyridine -water)  
5. ISO 16373 -3, Textiles — Dyestuffs — Part 3: Method for determination of certain 
carcinogenic dyestuffs (method using triethyl amine/methanol)  
6. US ISO 105 -B02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B02: Colour fastness 
to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test  
7. US ISO 105 -C10, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part C10: Colour fastness 
to washing with soap or soap a nd soda  
8. US ISO 105 -E04, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part E04: Colour fastness 
to perspiration  
9. US ISO 105 -X12, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part X12: Colour fastness 
to rubbing  
10. US ISO 139, Textiles — Standard atmospheres for conditionin g and testing  
11. US ISO 1833 (all parts), Textiles — Binary fibre mixtures — Quantitative chemical 
analysis  
12. ISO 105 -N02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part N02: Colour fastness to 
bleaching: Peroxide  
13. ISO 2062, Textiles — Yarns from packages — Determi nation of single -end 
breaking force and elongation at break using constant rate of extension (CRE) 
tester  
14. ISO 2859 -1, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes — Part 1: Sampling 
schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot inspe ction 
15. US ISO 7211 -5, Textiles — Methods for analysis of woven fabrics construction — 
Part 5: Determination of linear density of yarn removed from fabric  
16. Douglas H. Richie, Athletic Socks, May 2017. A Chapter in book: Athletic Footwear 
and Orthoses in Sport s Medicine (pp. 91 – 105) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1 /2 
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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